Aricent bagged a three year systems integration pact with Nepal Telecom which includes providing Convergent Mediation & Convergent Interconnect Billing solutions.

The solutions will integrate systems enabling next generation product and services for prepaid as well as postpaid subscribers of Nepal Telecom. Aricent will integrate its Active Mediation System with Intec’s InterconnecT software. Post deployment management services are also included under the deal.

Nepal Telecom offers telecom services including wireline, data and mobile services over GSM as well as CDMA platform. It is targeting a subscriber base of nine million subscribers to be achieved in three years.

“As the leading telecom service provider in Nepal, we strive to bring the best experience to our customers,” said Amar Nath Singh, managing director of Nepal Telecom. “We are confident that Aricent’s solution will allow us to create a unified mediation platform as well as a single interconnect system for our entire network. This will also simplify billing and operational parameters for our customers, and allow us to provide them with world-class capabilities and technologies, including high speed next-gen networks and services.”

The solutions will provide Nepal Telecom with a common unified mediation platform and a single interconnect system for the entire network as well as promising to reduce TCO and minimizing revenue leakage says Aricent.

“We are thrilled to partner with Nepal Telecom and help them deliver an innovative, scalable subscriber experience for their customers,” said Sanjay Dhawan, president and COO at Aricent. “We’ve had the privilege of working with some of the largest network operators in the world and we are pleased to add Nepal Telecom to our roster of service provider stars.”

“Intec’s market-leading InterconnecT software is proven with operators of all sizes and in numerous markets, worldwide,” said Graeme Paynter, vice president for Intec, Asia Pacific.  “InterconnecT continues to demonstrate a level of functionality and performance that simply cannot be matched and we look forward to working with Aricent in helping Nepal Telecom enjoy unrivalled ROI and exceptional operational savings.”